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The SS-''Verfügungstruppe'' (SS-VT) (''(英語:SS Dispositional Troops)'') was formed in 1934 as combat troops for the NSDAP. By 1940 these military SS units had become the nucleus of the Waffen-SS. On 17 August 1938 Adolf Hitler decreed that the SS-VT was neither a part of the police nor the German Wehrmacht, but military-trained men at the disposal of the Führer in war or peace. The men were to be trained in accordance with the rules of the SS and manned by volunteers who had completed their service in the ''Reichsarbeitsdienst'' (RAD; Reich Labour Service).〔Mollo, Andrew (1991), ''Uniforms of the SS: Volume 3: Verfügungstruppe 1933-1939'', Windrow & Greene, p. 3, ISBN 1-872004-51-2〕 ==Formation== The SS-VT was formed on 24 September 1934 from a merger of various Nazi and paramilitary formations such as the SS Special Detachments (''SS-Sonderkommandos'') and the Headquarters Guard (''SS-Stabswache'') units. The SS-VT was to be made up of three regiments modeled on the infantry regiments of the German Army (Heer) and according to their regulations.〔Waffen-SS at Encyclopædia Britannica〕 Each regiment would contain three battalions, a motorcycle company and mortar company. The unit was officially designated ''SS-Verfügungstruppe'' ("Dispositional troops", i.e. troops at the personal disposal of the Führer). The formation was to be placed at the "disposal" of the army in time of war. The existence of the ''SS-Verfügungstruppe'' (SS-VT) was publicly declared on 16 March 1935 by Hitler in a speech at the Reichstag.〔Mollo, Andrew (1991), ''Uniforms of the SS: Volume 3: Verfügungstruppe 1933-1939'', p. 3〕 The SS-VT trained alongside Hitler's personal body guard the ''Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler'' (LSSAH).〔Cook, Stan and Bender, R. James. ''Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler - Volume One'', R. James Bender Publishing, 1994, p. 19〕 The LSSAH continued to serve exclusively as a personal protection unit and honor guard during this timeframe. By 1937 the SS was divided into three branches: the ''Allgemeine-SS'' (General SS), the ''SS-Verfügungstruppe'', and the ''SS-Totenkopfverbände'' (SS-TV) which administered the concentration camps.〔''Organisationsbuch der NSDAP'', 3rd Ed. (1937) p. 424〕 The military formations under Himmler's command on 1 September 1939 consisted of several subgroups: * Hitler's bodyguard unit the ''Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler'' under ''Obergruppenführer''〔Equivalent to a full General. The independence of the LSSAH can be partly explained by Dietrich's rank, as well as his personal friendship with Hitler〕 Josef "Sepp" Dietrich. * The Inspectorate of ''Verfügungstruppe'' under ''Gruppenführer'' Paul Hausser, which commanded the ''Deutschland'', ''Germania'' and ''Der Führer'' regiments. *The Concentration Camps Inspectorate (''Inspektion der Konzentrationslager'') under ''Gruppenführer'' Theodor Eicke, which fielded four militarized Death's-Head ''Standarten'' comprising camp guards of the ''SS-Totenkopfverbände.'' These would be formed into a division〔Only the 1st (''Oberbayern''), 2nd (''Brandenburg'') and 3rd (''Thüringen'') ''TK-Standarten'' were formed into the ''Totenkopf'' division. The 4th (''Ostmark'') was assigned to occupation duties until it was incorporated into the 2nd SS Infantry Regiment in preparation for Barbarossa. http://sturmvogel.orbat.com/ss-tk.html〕 after the conquest of Poland, and folded into the Waffen-SS in August 1940. These troops wore the SS-TV skull and crossbones rather than the SS-VT "SS" runes. *There were in addition combat-trained non-SS police units of ''Obergruppenführer'' Kurt Daluege's ''Ordnungspolizei'' which reported to Himmler in his capacity as Chief of German Police. For the 1940 campaigns these also would be formed into a division, which would be placed under Waffen-SS control in January 1941 and merged into it in February 1942. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SS-Verfügungstruppe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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